Chorus cicada eggs. Christina Rowe / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Cicadidae
Te Rahi
- 5 mm pea te roa.
Size range
- About 5 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- Nō Aotearoa taketake ake.
- Kei te takiwā o te 40 ngā momo o Aotearoa, he maha tonu e taea ana te tautuhi i runga i te āhua o te kitā.
Distribution
- New Zealand native
Te Huringa Ora
- Ka hoihoi tonu i te raumati.
- Kai ai i te pia o ētahi tipu.
- Ka whānau ngā hua ki ngā wakawaka e rere ana i ngā rārā.
- Tērā ka kino ngā rārā i te noho mai o ngā hua ki ngā wakawaka, ka whatiwhati noa.
- Noho ai ngā torongū ki te poho o Papa, me te kai i ngā pakiaka o ngā rākau.
Life history
- Medium to large insects, bigger species up to 40 mm in length including wings
- About 40 New Zealand species, many identifiable by the song
- Very loud in summer months
- Feed on plant sap
- Eggs laid in grooves in twigs
- Egg grooves cause damage to twigs often causing them to break
- Larvae develop underground, feeding on tree roots
![Chorus cicada, [Amphipsalta zelandica]. Image: Phil Bendle Collection. CitSciHub.nz Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/680px-Chorus_cicada_Amphipsalta_zealandica__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd..JPG)
![Chorus cicada, [Amphipsalta zelandica]. Image: M.J. Esson Image](/assets/Amphipsalta_zelandica_002_Esson300lge_jpg_1__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)